The Blues continue their preparation for Saturday's quarter-final against England.

Today's training was open to the public and featured half-court opposition for the substitutes and those who didn't play against Poland while the titus were given a lighter session.

Kylian Mbappé, he was not present with his teammates, without it being necessary to panic, rest assured.

We explain all this below.

Mbappé absent from training

The PSG striker did not appear on the lawn of the Jassim-Bin-Hamad stadium in Doha on Tuesday evening but, according to the staff, nothing serious.

"Kylian Mbappé is working in the room in recovery", which would be "classic at D + 2" of the match against Poland, we were made to understand in the team's entourage.

We'll see what happens in the next few days.

We remember that echoes had reported discomfort in the right ankle, the same one that had been abused by Loïc Perrin during the final of the Coupe de France on July 25, 2020. According to a colleague present at the press conference of the English, this news did not fail to titillate British journalists.

We understand them, the poor.

NLG wants to keep DD

Zinedine Zidane doesn't like this information.

In an interview with

Le Figaro

, the president of the French Football Federation Noël Le Graët opened wide the doors of the saloon to a contract extension for Didier Deschamps, even if he did not reach the initial objective set by the Breton boss, namely the semi-finals.

"My wish is that Didier stays," he said.

We have a clear objective: the semi-finals.

I always said that if he reached that level, the decision was his.

Before, we discuss.

“We discuss for form, obviously.

Guy Stéphan discusses the Pavard case

Present during the press conference exercise usually reserved for players between two games, Guy Stéphan, Didier Deschamps' assistant, spoke about the news of the Blues long, wide and across.

In particular, there was talk of Benjamin Pavard, the French defender demoted in the hierarchy by Deschamps in favor of Jules Koundé.

“Benjamin doesn't play but that doesn't stop him from training and behaving well.

We saw it with the images of joy after Denmark (2-1) and Poland (3-1).

But of course he is disappointed.

The future will tell us if he comes back or not,” said the coach's right-hand man.

The program of the day

We could almost leave you this part of the paper as you now know it inside out.

Two players will present themselves in conf at 2:45 p.m., before joining the group for a new collective training at the Jassim-Bin-Hamad stadium.

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